OF THE FIRST SESSION OF THE GREEK - GEORGIAN SUB-COMMITTEE FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL COOPERATION

Tbilisi, 8-9.11.1999

The Joint Sub-Committee for Scientific and Technologi­cal Cooperation established on the basis of articles 2 and 12 of the "Agreement between the Government of the Hel­lenic Republic and the Government of the Republic of Georgia on Cooperation in the fields of Education, Science and Culture", signed in Athens on November 8, 1994, held its 1st Session in Tbilisi on 8-9 November 1999, in the in­terests of attaining the aims set forth in the above men­tioned Agreement and in order to conclude the Cooper­ation Working Program for the period 2000 -2001.

The delegation of the Hellenic Republic was headed by Dr. E.N.CARABATEAS, Head of the International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Directorate of the General

Secretariat for Research and Technology of the Ministry of Development.

The delegation of the Republic of Georgia was headed by Professor Levan JAPARIDZE , Chairman of the Depart­ment for Science and Technology of Georgia.

The members of both delegations are listed in Annex I.

I. General Information on the Science, Research and Technology Policies of both Countries

The head of the Georgian delegation welcomed the Greek delegation and underlined the importance of this starting cooperation on Science and Technology between the two countries, for the profit of the researchers of each one. The head of the Greek delegation thanked for the warm reception and excellent organisation of the first joint meeting, expressed his satisfaction on inaugurating the Scientific and Technological Cooperation between the two countries and praised this meeting as an important stage in the development of the Greek - Georgian bilateral re­lations, which will enable Greek and Georgian scientific in­stitutions and researchers to use their scientific potential more efficiently and fruitfully in joint studies and projects. The head of the Greek delegation pointed out also the in­terest of the Greek scientific community for cooperation with Georgia, a country with remarkable activities and long tradition in science and technology.

Both sides stressed the importance of this cooperation between the two countries , having a long diachronical tra­dition of solid links, historical relations and friendship, from the mythical times to the modern era. Furthermore they presented respectively elements and schemes of the re­cent trends in their scientific and technological policy as well as more details about their Bilateral Cooperation Pro­gram, and placed particular emphasis on the role of inter­national cooperation for further development of the sci­ence and technology system in both countries. They also expressed their confidence that the implementation of the Greek- Georgian Bilateral Program will further contribute to the development of beneficial links between scientific and technological institutions, universities, enterprises and sci­entists of both countries. Both sides agreed to pay serious attention to extending the cooperation in the framework of International and European multilateral research and de-

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